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Kissinger: COIN Won’t Work/McCain: CT Won’t Work
outsidethebeltway.com - 2/27/2009
Kissinger: COIN Won’t Work/McCain: CT Won’t Work
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Within the last couple of days both Sen. John McCain and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger have offered contrasting strategies for Afghanistan. John McCain’s plan was explained in a speech before the American Enterprise Institute and Henry Kissinger’s plan in an op-ed in the ...
McCain Wakes Up To War In Afghanistan
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 2/26/2009
McCain Wakes Up To War In Afghanistan
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — Asked about Afghanistan back in November 2003, McCain stressed that Iraq was the more important effort, but that he thought that we would be able to “muddle through” in Afghanistan. Watch it: MCCAIN: I am concerned about it, ... (more) McCain Wakes Up To War In Afghanistan

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Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never defeat Afghan insurgents
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 3/2/2009
Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never defeat Afghan insurgents
— latimesblogs.latimes.com — Remember way back in the early days of the Obama administration when the president went to Canada on his first foreign trip and as soon as Afghanistan came up in the concluding news conference , the well-briefed new U.S. leader pre-empted a ... (more) Canada's candid PM Harper warns Obama: We'll never ...

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Gates Says Afghan Terror Fight Trumps Nation-Building (Update1)
bloomberg.com - 3/1/2009
Gates Says Afghan Terror Fight Trumps Nation-Building (Update1)
— bloomberg.com — Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates told lawmakers that the U.S. must focus efforts in Afghanistan on making sure the country can’t be used as a base for terrorism and lower expectations about nation-building. Gates told the Senate ... (more) Gates Says Afghan Terror Fight Trumps Nation-Building ...

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The Glittering Eye — I’ve posted two foreign policy related posts at Outside the Beltway this morning. Kissinger: COIN Won’t Work/McCain: CT Won’t Work Obama Announces Iraq Withdrawal Plans

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